1958

1958

By Rufus McClure

One of the most impressive images ever.

The word “always� should be taken literally, as true today as then.

Lt. John K. (J.K.) Davis is a new man on campus.

His job description is a bit odd: Commandant and baseball coach.

Many cadets will recall him as commandant much more quickly than coach.

Another new man on campus, Lt. Garrison (Bud), also has an unusual job description: head football coach and English teacher.

After about five years, he decided the grass was greener in the private sector and jumped over the fence.

A third new man on campus, Mr. Ward Ptitchett was known as a sort of eccentric genius.

I can assert that he was one of the greatest math teachers we have ever had.

He was a personal friend whose brilliant conversation still rings in my ears. Our current award for the best math student, presented at graduation, is appropriately named for him.

A lovely monument from any angle.

Mario Gaztambide is the second of the four Gaztambide Puerto Rican brothers. He returned to Bolles as a very successful Spanish teacher, where he picked up where he left off.

In addition to teaching Spanish, he was also a hall supervisor. He invited me to visit him in Puerto Rico, and we have remained great friends through the years.

James Peterson attended West Point and became a life-time career professional, which included tours in Viet Nam, following which he taught English at the Point and retired as Colonel Peterson.

Thomas Tygart has been a Mr. Bolles for a generation or more.

His children graduated from Bolles; he has served on the board and served the school in many other ways.

Our record of Bill Tym is a little spotty, but we know that he was tennis coach at Vanderbilt at one time.

Candid Seniors?

What a stretch!

Gimme a break!

Whoever knew seniors to be candid?

Here is Captain Love again.

This is a good time to point out that the award presented at graduation to our best science student appropriately bears his name.

Also, the class of 1953 established a scholarship in his honor.

The Color Guard always reflects an impressive image.

I think this remarkable move belongs to Charles Conway.

If anyone can prove me wrong, please do so and I will correct it.

My fifteen minutes of fame.

As a pseudo golf coach, I got credit for a very successful team and a very successful state ranking, although I can’t recall what the rank was.

I do recall that someone (I can’t recall who) made a hole in one at the state.

My excuse for not recalling such details: I have so many memories I can’t recall them all!

Those of you who follow tennis probably know that Maria Bueno introduced the slashing serve to women’s tennis, which previously had been rather dainty.

This page reflects a great platoon of Latinos, most of whom have remained very close to the school and several of whom continue to visit us.

The Alumni Association is beginning to be a major player.

Today (2010) it is indeed a major player!

Colonel Kittinger, Class of 1946, was mentioned earlier, but here is a Bugle article which explains the first human in space story.

The balloon picture was on the cover of Life Magazine.

They “could have danced all night,� but unfortunately the music stopped at midnight.

Who can ever forget those Sunday afternoons?

I don’t know who determined the erroneous position of the apostrophe, but I won’t quibble.